August 5, 2009 – 10:32 am
Ten houses in Babylon for the month of May 2009. That’s a big haul and reflects a bit of a surge in the real estate market generally. There’s been some buzz about an increase in home sales in May nationwide, but you need to remember that those numbers aren’t seasonally adjusted. Year over year (comparing [...]
Hi everyone. It’s Case-Shiller day! The day when S&P release their housing index numbers for April. So…how are we doing? Prices Stabilize, But Housing Trouble Still Looms [Forbes] Home prices in 20 major cities tumbled an average of 18.1% in the last 12 months, off 33% from their 2006 peak, according to the Standard & [...]
Some nicer May weather this weekend and 28 open houses on the list so far. It looks like a nice weekend for some open house visits, although I might just skip it and enjoy a nice spring day in Babylon Village. Homes in Babylon Total: 96 Babylon School District: 67 BSD and Under 600K: 36 [...]
April 30, 2009 – 10:22 pm
Not a lot of good news in February for home sellers. NY Area Home Prices Down 10.2% in February [NorthJersey.Com] Home prices declined 10.2 percent in the New York metropolitan area, which includes North Jersey, from February 2008 to February 2009, the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller index said this morning. Home Prices in 20 U.S. [...]
Well, we’re getting caught up some on the sold homes. Five sold in January. That’s not a big number, but it’s something, especially when you consider the time of year and the state of the economy. I’m a little sad to see 39 Totten go. I held out a little hope that it might eventually [...]
Hi there HIB fans. Did ya’ miss me? It’s been a while since I’ve posted about real estate. Things have been busy, between the baby and work and trying to get caught up on my freelance jobs I haven’t had much time to think about house buying. Besides, with the economy in the crapper I [...]
December 17, 2008 – 4:21 pm
This month we have a grand total of three homes that switched hands in Babylon Village. The Autumn chill and the cooling economy have slowed the motion of the real estate market to a crawl. I didn’t visit any of the properties on the list this month. I’ve been too busy for open houses and [...]
December 8, 2008 – 5:13 pm
This one slipped past me and wasn’t included in the October sold property report. So here it is, presented for your enjoyment and for my bizarre sense of completeness. This isn’t a place that I’d particularly be interested in, but it’s important to include it for reasons that you’ll see below. Just FYI, the sold [...]
November 15, 2008 – 8:55 pm
Hi HIB readers. I’m back to posting about Babylon real estate, at least for this one post. Frankly, there’s not much to interest me in the current market, but I’ll keep plugging away as much as I can. I was able to get the Sold Properties feature working on my PC by disabling the firewall. [...]
October 18, 2008 – 7:31 pm
So here we are in October looking back to last month. As I mentioned in my previous post, I was able to get the Sold Properties tool working on my wife’s laptop and nowhere else (so far). I can’t claim any particular computer mojo for this feat, simply blind luck. We’ll see how that holds [...]